Kempten, Switzerland

Former municipality in Zurich, Switzerland

Kempten

Former municipality

Location of Kempten

Kempten

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Coordinates: 47°19.91′N 8°49.05′E﻿ / ﻿47.33183°N 8.81750°E﻿ / 47.33183; 8.81750
Country| Switzerland
Canton| Zurich
District| Hinwil
Municipality| Wetzikon
Elevation

| 569 m (1,867 ft)
Population

(December 2007)

• Total

| 0
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)|

8623

ISO 3166 code| CH-ZH
Surrounded by| Auslikon, Irgenhausen, Wetzikon
Website| www.wetzikon.ch

Aerial view of Oberwetzikon in the direction of Kempten (1961) Kempten and Bachtel Tower (to the right) as seen from Seegräben (June 2009) Malermuseum Kempten train station

Kempten is a locality of the municipality of Wetzikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

## Geography

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Kempten is located in the district of Hinwil in the Zürcher Oberland nearby the southeastern shore of the Pfäffikersee (Lake Pfäffikon).

## Demographics

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Kempten belongs politically to the municipality of Wetzikon.

## Transportation

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Kempten railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S3. The train station was built in 1903. The bus line operator Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO) provides its services for the regions of the Oberland and the upper northeastern Lake Zurich shore.

## Points of interest

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In Kempten (lat. Cambodunum) the remains of a Roman villa rustica and the so-called Malermuseum are situated.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Malermuseum Wetzikon (in German)

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kempten ZH.

* Official website of the municipality of Wetzikon (in German)
* Kempten, Switzerland in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

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